I had gone hunting to try to clear my head. Conner was already compiling a list of materials needed for renovating the house, too busy inside his own head, I think, to notice my distress. The darkness descended on me like my mood, dark and brooding. I ran towards the busier parts of town, away from the little neighborhood we’d just moved into. No use starting any rumors this early about vampires. I slowed my mad sprint to better take in the scents around me and was shocked to pick up the scent of one of the local elders. I stumbled to a halt.
Apparently, Conner wasn’t the only one lost in his own head.
“No. I told you, keep the boy there. Lana’s brother and his little toy have moved back here now. We couldn’t convince them to stay away. We haven’t found the other twin, but it’s a good be
